Welcome back to The Directors Cut, a podcast brought to you by the Directors Guild of America,

featuring today's top directors sharing behind-the-scenes stories of their latest films

and insights into the craft of directing.

Please take a second to subscribe to our show wherever you get your podcasts. In this episode, Jeff Wadlow takes us behind the scenes of his new comedy horror adventure, Fantasy Island.

Set on the mythical tropical resort where dreams can

come true, the film shifts into nightmare territory as the guests of the enigmatic Mr. Rourke

must solve the island's mystery in order to escape with their lives. In addition to Fantasy

Island, Mr. Wadlow's credits include the feature films' true memoirs of an international assassin,

Kickass 2, Never Back Down, and Cry Wolf, and episodes of the series Ryan Hansen solves crimes on television, and Agent X.

After a recent screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Mr. Wadlow spoke

with director Christopher Landon about filming Fantasy Island.

Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

I'm Jeff Wadler.

That's loud.

I wrote and directed and produced his movie.

This is my good friend, Chris Landon, who's hanging out with us on a Sunday night.

Thank you for coming, Chris.

Hi.

Hi, guys.

Hold on.

To get my questions out.

Oh, he's got written questions.

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